381 Historic Events for January 4
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| 1726 |
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Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector
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| 1729 |
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Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
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| 1729 |
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Meir Bacharach, Hebrew poet, dies
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| 1739 |
Birth |
Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)
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| 1745 |
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Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
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| 1752 |
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Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
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| 1754 |
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Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)
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| 1756 |
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Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician
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| 1759 |
Birth |
Maria Rosa Coccia, composer
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| 1761 |
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Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
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| 1762 |
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England declares war on Spain and Naples
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| 1765 |
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Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
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| 1772 |
Birth |
Paul-Louis Courier, (de M‚r‚), French writer/interpreter
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| 1773 |
Birth |
Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer
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| 1778 |
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Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
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| 1780 |
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Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ
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| 1781 |
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Andr‚ M‚chain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
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| 1782 |
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Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83
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| 1785 |
Birth |
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector)
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| 1786 |
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Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
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| 1789 |
Birth |
Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist
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| 1790 |
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Pres Washington delivers 1st "State of the Union"
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| 1793 |
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Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
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| 1797 |
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Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer (constructed 1st Moon map)
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| 1799 |
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Galib Dede/Seyh Galib, Turkish poet (Hsn Ask), dies at about 40
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